Elastic-tread horseshoe.



N0. 640,!66. Patented Dec. 26, I899.

J. PATRICK.

ELASTIC TBEAD HDRSESHUE.

(Application filed Feb. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"cnrcAeo, ILLINOIS.

.IIELASTIC-TREAD HORSESHOE:

srsorrrcnrron rormng psrtsr reass- PatelitNbI 640,166, datedifieceinber a; idea. Application filed February 23; 1399- Serialllo. 706,510. (No model.) Q

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOHN PATRICK, .a-citizen of the UnitedS't-ates,residin g at Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Elastic-Tread Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to elastic-tread horseshoes, and has for its object to provide anew and improved horseshoe of this description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view of a horseshoeembodying myinvention as seen frombeneath. Fig. 2 is a section on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the shoe. Fig. 4 is an'end view showing. a modification. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with. the elastic tread removed. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a crosssection-of a roiled strip from which my shoe may be formed. Fig. 8 is a section through a shoe formed from the rolled strip shown in Fig. 7.

Like'letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures. 1

When elastic-tread horseshoes as usually constructed have been used, there has been great diiiiculty in attaching the elastic tread to the shoe and in fitting the shoe to the horse. It is customary toform grooves in the shoe, in which the elastic. treadis placed, but this necessitates the casting of the shoe and prevents it from being shaped to, fit the foot of the horse upon which it is to be used. This construction has many other objectionable features, among which is the'difiiculty ofproperly attaching the treadto the shoe. The construction herein shown obviates these and other difficulties usually attending the use of elastic-tread shoes.

Referring now to the accompanying draw.- 'ings, I have shown a metallic shoe A, having the laterally-projecting part B and theinclineddownwardly-projecting part G, the two parts making an acute angle with each other,

-as shown. The ends D of the shoe are bent so as to pro ect laterally, as shown, and each I "has a hole passing therethrough. The front of the shoe is preferably provided with a removable cork or toe-piece E, which may be constructed in any desired manner and at-f tachedto the shoe, so as to be held in a proper position. The tread F of elasticmaterial is formed so as to fit into the angle between the parts B and O of the shoe and extends downtending through the tread F is an adjustable binding device G, adapted to be attached to the end pieces D of the shoe and tightened,

space between the partsB and O. This binding device maybe of any suitable construction and preferably ,consists of a wire.- In Figs. 1 and3 I have shown the-wheels provided with screw-threaded end portions, said of the shoe and provided with nuts D, which when tightened draw. the, tread tightly beto the shoe the toe-piece E may be placed in position. Instead of providing thebinding device with threaded ends and nuts I "may simply turn the ends over, as shown in Fig. 4. When this construction is used, the tread is placed in position and one end of the binding device bent over: Theother end is then grasped by means of pliers or the like and pulled outwardly until the tread is in a proper position. The end is then bent over, as indicated, so as to hold the parts in their proper position. I prefer to cut away the inner upper corner of the tread, as shown at F, so that when the binding device is tightforce the edge F tightly against the face of seen that when the parts are in position a the projecting part C, so as to prevent the tread from becoming displaced. I also prefer to so locate the binding device that it will and 0, thus igsuring the proper holding of the parts imposition and preventing the tread from being removed under strains by the stretching of the material.

- It will thus .be seen that when the shoe is end portions extending through the ends D tween the parts B and-O, so as to hold said tread in position. 1 After the tread is attached the laterally-projecting part 13.; It will be be within the angle formed by the partsB.

wardly below the lower face of the part 0, said tread-F being also preferably provided with a laterallyeprojecting strip F, which extends over the lower face of the part 0. Ex-

so as to draw the tread tightly within thecried the tread engages the edge 0 of the part G and is swung around, as it were, so as to portion of the tread is drawn inwardly above made of the form herein shown it may be made of theimetal from which horseshoes'are' .jectingpartfG'is then bent over to the posi-.

ordinarily made, so thatit can be heated and varied in shape in the ordinary way to fit it to the foot of the horse. It will also be seen that the tread can be easily attached to the shoe and removed tlierefrom and when at-.

tached to the shoe will be firmly held in place.

It will also be seen that the tread may be -re-- moved when it becomes worn and a new tread placed in position.

It is of course evident-that theshoe may be made in any manner desired.

In Figs: 7 and S I have shown a construction for producing the shoe by a rolling process. is rolled into shape, so as to form the laterallyproj'ecting partB-and the downwardly-project ing part 0. The piece is rolled so as to be thinnest at thc point H. The downwardly-pry tion shownfin dotted lines, Fig. 7, and the strip fbentaround to form the shoe, as

' Itwill- 'beseen that this is 7 a simplean d cheap manner of "forming; the

shoe. The lower face of the part is beveled, as shown, so that when bent over to the position shownfin dotted lines it will be parallel I with the laterally-projecting part B;

' Q 1. .Afielastic-tread horseshoe, comprising a metallic'shoe; provided with a laterally-pro.-

jectingpait and aii'inclined downwardly-projecting 'p'a'rt'having a flattened lower face, an elastic tread adapted to engage said parts and provided with alaterallyprojecting strip which extends over the lower face of said downwardly projecting part, and a binding device for tightly'forcing a portion of the tread into the angle formed by said laterallymetallic shoe provided with a laterally-pro- ,jecting part and an inclined downwardly-prorjcti'ng part, an elastictread adapted to engagej said parts, and a bi-ndingfdevice for I tightly forcing a portion of the tread into the angle formed by said laterally-proj ectin g part and said inclined downwardly -projecting j part, the inner upper corner of the tread being j metallic shoe provided with a laterally-.pro jecting' part and an inclined downwardly-pro;

jecting part forming an acute anglewithpach other, an elastic tread adapted-to engage said projecting parts, a binding-wdevico' passing through the tread'and'conr'rectedwith the ends V sisi n pgs .3 portion I j'ifi en the r of. the horseshoe, said inclined downwardly projecting part proj ctingapast said bindin g jde'vie, So that the binding deviceiscontainedwithin the said acute angle, and n e ans for idb'indingjleviceso as to force tread into, thevacut angle be:-

liIidfdtiwnwardlyeproj ecfcing jecting parts,

In this construction a long strip of metal.

5 removed, substantially as described. 3.. An elastic-tread horseshoe, comprlsinga seahor e-shoe, com risi g; a 'ng az lht'erallysprojecting,

part forming an acute angle with each other, an elastic tread en gagingsaid projecting parts and having a groove therein into whichsaid inclined downwardly-projecting part is received, said tread provided with a, portion which extends into the space between said proa wire passing through said tread and extending through the bent ends of the shoe, one end of said wire provided with threads and a nut, the other end adapted to be attached to the shoe, sp that a portion of the tread may be forced into the angle between the said two projecting parts to fasten the tread in position.

5. An elastic-tread horseshoe, comprisinga metallic shoe having a laterally-projecting part and an inclined. downwardlyrprojectin'g partforming an acute 'angle with each other, an elastic tread-en gaging said projectingparts and having a, portion which extends into the space between said projecting parts, a wire passing through said tread and extending through the upturned 'ends of the shoe, one end of said wire provided with threads and a nut, the other end adapted to be attached to the shoe, so that a portion of the treadanay be forced into the angle between the said two projecting parts to fasten the tread in position, the inner upper corner of the tread being removed, substantially as described.

6. An elastic-tread horseshoe, comprising a.

metallic shoe having a laterally-projecting part and an inclined downwardly-projecting .rpa'rt forming an-a'cnte angle with each other,

an elastic tread engaging said projecting parts and formed so that a portion of it projects into the angle between said parts, a laterallyprojecting part on said tread which extends over the lower face. of the inclined downwardly-projecting part, a binding device extending throughsaid tread and adjustably connected with the shoe, so that it may be tightened to forcea portion .of the tread into the angle between the laterally-projecting part and the downwardly-projecting part, the inner upper corner of the tread being removed so that when the binding device is tightened the tread engages the edge of the inclined downwardly-projecting part so as to tightly 56m its face against thelaterally-projecting part, substantially asdescribed.

7. A horseshoe, comprising a strip of metal having one edge bent at an angle with the remaining portion-of the strip, so as to form two projecting parts at an angle to each other, betweenrwhich an elastic tread is'adapted to bereceived, the strip "bent around so as to form the horseshoe, said bent edge pruvided with a fiattened fa ce substantially parallel a with the main portion of the strip.

8. A horseshoe, comprising ajstrip of metal having one edge bent at an an gle with the reinaining portion of the, strip, so as, to form two projecting partsiat an an gle-to each other, between which an elastic tread is adapted .to berecei'ved, said str ip being formed thinnest alongthe line wherethebeud occurs, the ends of the downwardly-projecting part, a binding device extending through said elastic tread and engaging the shoe soas to tightly-force a portion ofthe tread into the angle formed by said laterally-projecting part and said in clined downwardly-projecting part, said bind; ing device when in position being contained within the angle between said parts, sub

stantially as described.

Witnesses:

DONALD M. CARTER, .HOMERT L. KRAFT.

JOHN PATRICK. 

